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- Meeting date
- 2020-09-29
- Scheduled start
- 2020-09-29 08:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- 2020-09-29 08:31:00.000000
- Documented end
- 2020-09-29 09:41:00.000000
- Location
- the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2020-09-29 09:41:00.000000
- Actual start
- 2020-09-29 08:31:00.000000
- Chamber
- senate
- Committee id
- committee-155
- Committee name
- Judiciary and Public Safety
- Evidence text
- MEMBERS: SEN. CURTIS S. VANDERWALL, MAJORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. TOM BARRETT SEN. RUTH A. JOHNSON SEN. JIM RUNESTAD SEN. STEPHANIE CHANG, MINORITY VICE CHAIR SEN. JEFF IRWIN THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SENATOR PETER J. LUCIDO CHAIR 3100 BINSFELD OFFICE BUILDING P.O. BOX 30036 LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909-7536 PHONE: (517) 373-7670 FAX: (517) 373-5958 COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES September 29, 2020 A meeting of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety was scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at 8:30 a.m., in the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building. The agenda summary is as follows: 1. Testimony regarding SB 830 (Sen. Geiss). 2. Testimony regarding SB 831 (Sen. Geiss). 3. Testimony regarding SB 1046 (S-2) (Sen. Victory). 4. Testimony regarding SB 1047 (S-2) (Sen. Irwin). 5. Testimony regarding SB 1048 (S-2) (Sen. Santana). 6. Testimony regarding SB 1049 (Sen. Chang). 7. Testimony regarding SB 1050 (S-2) (Sen. MacDonald). 8. Testimony regarding SB 1051 (S-2) (Sen. McBroom). 9. Testimony regarding SB 1125 (Sen. Lucido). The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:31 a.m. He instructed the Clerk to call the roll. At that time, the following members were present: Chair Lucido, Sen (s).VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Chang and Irwin, a quorum was present. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the meeting minutes from September 24, 2020. Without objection, the minutes were adopted. The Chair brought up SB's 830 – 831, and invited Sen. Geiss to summarize the bills. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB's 830-831: Siwatu Salama Ra, Citizen – Support Dr. Deb Landis Lewis, Citizen – Support Keith Barber, Legislative Corrections Ombudsman – No Position Kyle Kaminski, Michigan Department of Corrections – No Position The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding SB 830-831: Algeria Wilson, National Association of Social Workers – Support Elizabeth Kutter, Wayne State University – Support Monica Jahner, Advocacy, Re-entry, Resources, Outreach – Support Lois Pullano, Citizens for Prison Reform, Family Advisory Board – Support Noelle Gorka, Prison Birth Project – Support Courtney Townsel, University of Michigan Medicine – Support SB 830 Amanda West, Planned Parenthood of Michigan – Support Kathie Gourlay, Citizen – Support Pamela Davies, MD, Citizen – Support Autumn B. Gillard, Trinity Health Michigan, St. Joseph Mercy Health, Mercy Health Systems - Support Jessica Zimbelman, State Appellate Defender Office – Support Natalie Holbrook, American Friends Service Committee, MI Criminal Justice Program – Support Deb Rhizal, Citizen – Support Deborah Burke, Citizen – Support Merissa Kovach, ACLU Michigan – Support Jennifer Szenay, Citizen – Support Kay Perry, MI-CURE – Support Dr. Jim Dankovich, Citizen – Support Alex Rossman, MI League for Public Policy – Support Abigail Burnell, MI Council for Maternal and Child Health – Support Anne Remley, Ann Arbor Friends Meeting - Support The Chair brought up SB's 1046 – 1051, and summarize the bills. The Chair invited the following individuals to present testimony regarding SB's 1046-1051 and SB 1125: Jeff Clayton, American Bail Coalition – Neutral Kathy Hagenian, MI Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence – Support SB 1049 Kathy Hagenian, MI Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence – Oppose SB's 1046, 1047, 1050, 1051 Kathy Hagenian, MI Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence – Neutral SB 1048 Judge Boyde – Support The cards were read of those individuals not wishing to present testimony regarding SB's 1046-1051 and SB 1125: John Cooper, Safe and Just Michigan – Support Noah Smith, Criminal Defense Attorneys of MI – Support Monica Jahner, Advocacy, Re-entry, Resources, Outreach – Support Chief Bill Gutzwiller, Citizen – Support Geoffrey Leonard, Detroit Justice Center – Support Dr. Sheryl Kubiak, Center for Behavioral Health and Justice, Wayne State University – Support Sen. Barrett offered amendment #1 to SB 1046 and summarized the amendment. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Barrett to adopt amendment #1 to the (S-2) version of SB 1046. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad and Irwin Nays: Sen. Chang The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted. Sen. Barrett offered amendment #2 to the (S-2) version of SB 1046 and summarized the amendment. The Chair entertained a motion by Sen. Barrett to adopt amendment #2 to SB 1046. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad and Chang Nays: Sen. Irwin The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted. The Char entertained a motion by Sen. Barrett to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 1046 as amended. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Chang and Irwin Nays: None The motion prevailed and the amendment was adopted. The Char entertained a motion by Sen. Barrett to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 1048. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Chang and Irwin Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. The Char entertained a motion by Sen. VanderWall to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 1050. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Chang and Irwin Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. The Char entertained a motion by Sen. Barrett to adopt the (S-2) version of SB 1051. The vote was as follows: Yeas: Chair Lucido, Sen (s). VanderWall, Barrett, Johnson, Runestad, Chang and Irwin Nays: None The motion prevailed and the (S-2) was adopted. There being no further business before the committee, the Chair moved to adjourn the committee. Without objection, the committee was adjourned at 9:41 a.m. Date Adopted by Committee: 10/01/2020
- Location
- the Harry T. Gast Appropriations Room, 3rd Floor, Capitol Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2020-09-29
- Meeting id
- meeting-3165
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum confirmed
- Scheduled start
- 2020-09-29 08:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2019-2020
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